About
I don't configure networks as much these days...
...I build the systems that design, build, validate, and ultimately run them.
Architected one of the first national overlay platforms—a LISP-based distributed network providing enterprise route resilience and commercially supported control plane services. Predated the SD-WAN industry by nearly a decade.
Evolved the platform from manual provisioning to fully automated orchestration—designed proprietary network controllers and the CI/CD infrastructure around them. Configuration management, automated testing, continuous integration pipelines—the machinery that builds and deploys network software at scale.
Core developer on Cisco's fd.io Vector Packet Processing project. Designed and implemented dataplane forwarding nodes, MACsec integration, and control plane protocol implementations including BGP, EVPN, SRv6, WireGuard, 802.1X, BFD, LACP, PIM, and LISP. Deep work in XDP/eBPF, AF_XDP zero-copy architectures, and SIMD-accelerated forwarding.
Designed deployment automation and internal tooling for large-scale Arista VXLAN-EVPN fabric deployments across financial services, healthcare, and enterprise environments.
Credentials
CCIE #10291 Lifetime Emeritus
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert. One of approximately 3,200 Lifetime Emeritus designees worldwide.
Arista ACE Level 5 — First Recipient
Beta evaluator for the ACE program. Provided feedback that shaped the certification framework, then became the first engineer to achieve the highest level.
VPP Core Developer
Core developer on Cisco's fd.io Vector Packet Processing project. High-performance userspace dataplane for packet processing at line rate.
Speaking
NANOG
2012
North American Network Operators' Group conference presentation.
Cisco Live!
2012
Cisco's premier networking technology conference.
VXNet — National Overlay Platform
Architected VXNet, one of the first national overlay platforms—LISP-based distributed infrastructure providing enterprise route resilience, carrier-grade multihoming, and commercially supported control plane services. Predating the SD-WAN industry by nearly a decade.
